Name: Using Technology to Improve Program Integrity & Benefit Delivery
Start: 2024-11-18T15:00:00-0500
End: 2024-11-18T15:45:00-0500

Monday November 18, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EST

Location: Drawing Room

Waste, fraud, and abuse are straining the welfare system, creating an urgent need for innovative solutions that ensure that benefits reach those who truly need them. This panel will explore new research on how digital identity can revolutionize welfare delivery by enhancing accountability and reducing inefficiencies. Experts will discuss how digital tools can verify eligibility, streamline access, and safeguard taxpayer resources while creating a more equitable and efficient system for recipients.

Speakers

Aparna Mathur

Visiting Fellow, Labor Economics, FREOPP

Aparna Mathur is a visiting scholar at FREOPP where she researches social safety net issues. She is a senior manager in economics at Amazon and a former Senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.

Dan Lips

Senior Fellow, Education (K-12), FREOPP

Dan Lips is senior fellow with the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity. He is head of policy at the Foundation for American Innovation. He previously was policy director with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Monday November 18, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EST
Location: Drawing Room

Concurrent Block 3

Freedom & Progress 2024

Aparna Mathur

Dan Lips

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